Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5245C

Rio Tinto PLC

01 May 2012

 



Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

1 May 2012

Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ('SOP')

Today Rio Tinto plc was notified that on 30 April 2012 the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') were awarded Free shares under the SOP.  This was a non-discretionary transaction.

	No of Shares Acquired	Price per Share
Tom Albanese	85	£34.9200
Guy Elliott	85	£34.9200
Hugo Bague	85	£34.9200
Andrew Harding	85	£34.9200
Harry Kenyon-Slaney	85	£34.9200

The SOP is an HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan under which qualifying UK employees are awarded Free shares once a year.  The Free shares are ordinary shares in the Company of 10p each.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4.R.

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Share Plan Manager

Office:  [phone]

Website:  www.riotinto.com

 

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